The following lesson will show you how to play Drop D Tuning on your guitar. Drop D Tuning is really one of the simplest alternate tunings that you can do on the guitar, because you’re only changing a single note!
The string you need to change is the 6th string, the E string, and you’re dropping it a whole tone down to D.
So, D A D G B E is your new drop tuning.
That D bass note makes a sweet sounding drone if you’re playing in the key of D; there are many different things you can do with the drop D tuning.
Take a close look at how your chord fingerings change whenever you’re changing your tuning, because you can’t just use the same fingerings as before!
One of the simplest things you can do with the Drop D tuning is play power chords (which is just the I and the V) by just doing a mini-bar on the 5th and 6th strings anywhere. With the E dropped to D, this mini-bar creates a natural perfect fifth, which is a power chord.
Anyways, here’s the lesson, enjoy.
Drop D Tuning On Guitar:
